omfg all three z97 boards with PEX/PLX chips have Killer Ethernet >_<

[That Norwegian Guy]

-ranty alert

 

RAWHR! Gigabyte, AsRock and ASUS what you doing?!?

 

Gigabyte-Z97X-SOC

ASUS Z97-WS

ASRock Z97 OC Formula

 

 

ALL OF THEM have the turd sandwich nic *sends out army of grues*

 

Then all I can hope for is EVGA to for once not make their flagship a shitting E-ATX form factor (fat chance) or for MSi to, uncaracteristically for them, make a board with a PLX/PEX chip. I think Z97 is over for me before it has begun. Is it a bird? Is it a plane? NO! It's a dealbreaker!

 

 

So basically, my only two requirements in a board; Intel Gigabit Ethernet and PLX/PEX is impossible to get on the same board this generation. FML.

[SAV1OUR]

you know asus IS asrock you should be shouting at asus....

[X1XNobleX1X]

RAWHR! Gigabyte, AsRock and ASUS what you doing?!?

 

Gigabyte-Z97X-SOC

ASUS Z97-WS

ASRock Z97 OC Formula

 

 

ALL OF THEM have the turd sandwich nic *sends out army of grues*

 

Then all I can hope for is EVGA to for once not make their flagship a shitting E-ATX form factor (fat chance) or for MSi to, uncaracteristically for them, make a board with a PLX/PEX chip. I think Z97 is over for me before it has begun. Is it a bird? Is it a plane? NO! It's a dealbreaker!

What's wrong with Killer Ethernet?

[Bluejay0]

you know asus IS asrock you should be shouting at asus....

*facepalm* Are you high? They are TWO different companies...

 

 

And to OP: Killer isn't that necessarily bad. However, Intel NICs have shown quite an improvement and really it's only time till they readopt them into all their boards unless they have a partnership with Killer.

[Maverik5124]

you know asus IS asrock you should be shouting at asus....

That was the case once... not anymore. They are independent companies

[SAV1OUR]

That was the case once... not anymore. They are independent companies

well thats news to me

 

*facepalm* Are you high?

they were apparently guess i havent been following the news

[AlwaysFSX]

What's wrong with Killer Ethernet?

They're riddled with problems.

 

FML.

You know, PCI and PCIe are there for a reason... just throw in a NIC that doesn't suck.

[Bluejay0]

well thats news to me

 

they were apparently guess i havent been following the news

 

for a long time it seems...

[Maverik5124]

You know, PCI and PCIe are there for a reason... just throw in a NIC that doesn't suck.

This might actually be a decent solution for your problem buy a good intel nic for like $50 and throw it in there... Not the optimal solution but it should work

[That Norwegian Guy]

This might actually be a decent solution for your problem buy a good intel nic for like $50 and throw it in there... Not the optimal solution but it should work

 

Thanks but I'm going to save my pennies for Haswell-E instead. Still hoping EVGA has something up their sleeves, but I have a feeling that even if they do manage a board with my requirements through a fluke, it will be E-ATX and thus not fit in the case I've extensively modded months in advance for all this.

[Guest]

*facepalm* Are you high? They are TWO different companies...

 

 

And to OP: Killer isn't that necessarily bad. However, Intel NICs have shown quite an improvement and really it's only time till they readopt them into all their boards unless they have a partnership with Killer.

They used to be the same but now they are not

[Bluejay0]

They used to be the same but now they are not

 

I'm aware of that but are they now? No.

[The_Strict_Nein]

I personally wonder if we'll see a second wave of Z97 boards when Broadwell releases proper.

 

Correction: With some of the thing's I'e seen from Z97 boards so far, I hope we have a second wave of Z97 boards

[jmaster299]

What's wrong with Killer Ethernet?

Intel is the best, hands down. Some companies that went with Killer are learning from their mistake and switching back to Intel.

[papeles]

so it has even come to the point where people go full-retard because of a board having a "Above average" nic from different companies.

 

Also, as a killer nic user, i have never encountered any kind of problem, as some mentioned above. It's funny that people circlejerk about a nic for few reports made by retarded users.

[That Norwegian Guy]

so it has even come to the point where people go full-retard because of a board having a "Above average" nic from different companies.

 

Also, as a killer nic user, i have never encountered any kind of problem, as some mentioned above. It's funny that people circlejerk about a nic for few reports made by retarded users.

 

As someone who has ran several high high pop Minecraft servers for years and years, I wouldn't touch a Killer NIC from 1000m away with a uranium bullet anymore. They may be fine for pleb stuff, but is nothing like Intel for lots and lots of I/O all the time for months and months.

[Sintezza]

Well i am sure that the killer E2200 is alot better then the mostly used Realtek solutions.

However i do agree, that intel lan chips are better.